Book Review

A Bad Day for Sorry (2009)

EW's GRADE
A-

Details Release Date: Aug 04, 2009; Writer: Sophie Littlefield; Genres: Fiction, Mystery and Thriller; Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur

The Story
She owns a sewing shop, but what fiftysomething badass Stella Hardesty really does is dispense justice to abusive husbands and boyfriends, having discovered that ''whuppin' ass wasn't so hard.''

TV Pitch
Put Cagney or Lacey in rural Missouri.

Lowdown
Crime fiction hasn't seen a character as scrappy, mean, and incredibly appealing as Stella in a long time. A-

Originally posted Aug 07, 2009 Published in issue #1060 Aug 14, 2009 Order article reprints

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